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Aug 23, 2014 - 1:16 PM
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David-R.
(Member)
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A Walk Among The Tombstones
SKU: VSD-7297
UPC: 030206729702
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Title: A Walk Among The Tombstones
Composer: Carlos Rafael Rivera
Release Date: 09/23/14
A Walk Among the Tombstones is based on a novel by Lawrence Block. It was directed and written by Scott Frank. The Film stars Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook, Ruth Wilson and Sebastian Roché.
CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA is a protégé of Randy Newman, and is an award winning composer whose career has spanned several genres of the music industry. He has performed onstage as opening act for The Who at the Hollywood Bowl, while his guitar work includes performances on feature soundtracks (Crash, Dragonfly); studio sessions for Island/Def Jam, and Universal Records; as well as ABC's Scrubs, MTV, and VH-1.
Track List:
1. Main Title
2. We Got Your Wife…
3. Kenny’s Story
4. Red Hook
5. Ray and Albert
6. Matt Scudder
7. Matt Follows Loogan
8. Finding Loogan’s Shed
9. Ray Cases the House
10. Drive to the Cemetery
11. Among the Tombstones
12. Kenny in the Basement
13. Aftermath/Reprise
http://www.varesesarabande.com/servlet/the-1188/A-Walk-Among-The/Detail
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Wow, these samples sound fantastic! In the vein of Joe Kramer´s "Jack Reacher".
Looking forward to it!
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Samples? Where?
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Maybe I'm new to this, in that I apparently haven't purchased a new Varese title in quite some time, but I really like the new spines. Of course, I'll always miss the ugly maroons because of how easy they were to spot in "junk" bins, but this looks really classy.
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The return of the Varese 30 minute scores?
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The return of the Varese 30 minute scores?
Do you know why so many of their albums were 30 minutes?
It was because of the AFM. It was WAY too costly to put out more than about 30 or so minutes if the score was recorded in LA. Luckily a few years ago they changed that rule that if the score WAS recorded in LA and you make less than 15,000 units the cost is dramatically cheap. Varese of course would have loved to have put out longer albums, but had to make a profit to keep going.
I don't know why this one is shorter, but someone mentioned maybe there isn't a lot of score in the movie, which could be the reason. I haven't seen the film yet.
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It's short, but at least it seems to be priced accordingly. I like the new spine; the old style has been looking a bit dated for the past decade and a half or so.
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I found a video with the composer talking about his main theme for the movie, gives you a taste of the music. Subdued, and in the current style, but more interesting in its few seconds than a lot I've heard from recent films.
http://lawrenceblock.com/composing-a-walk-among-the-tombstones/
Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series is for me the very best - and best written - of the modern era private eyes. And A Walk Among the Tombstones is one of the best.
This sounds right on track.
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The complete score for A WALK… runs 46 minutes.
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"Do you know why so many of their albums were 30 minutes?
It was because of the AFM. It was WAY too costly to put out more than about 30 or so minutes if the score was recorded in LA. Luckily a few years ago they changed that rule that if the score WAS recorded in LA and you make less than 15,000 units the cost is dramatically cheap. Varese of course would have loved to have put out longer albums, but had to make a profit to keep going"
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Chewie! Take the Professor in back and plug him into the hyperdrive!
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I got to see an advance screening of this one, and I really enjoyed it, but it probably helped that I'm a big fan of the novels.
I read an interview with writer-director Scott Frank where he talked about how he wanted the film to feel like an Alan Pakula film from the 70s (the movie is, surprisingly, set in 1999 instead of 2014), which is probably why a lot of the cues -- at least the beginnings of them -- sound like Michael Small (I suspect it was tracked with FSM's Marathon Man/Parallax View CD).
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Very good score - moody, melodic, neither hectic nor droning. Recommended!
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